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Ezra 10:4

Ezra 10:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Arise: Joshua 7:10-26; 1 Chronicles 22:16, 1 Chronicles 22:19; Ecclesiastes 9:10

for this matter: By the decree of Artaxerxes, Ezra was authorised to do every thing that the law of God required. Ezra 7:23-28; Mark 13:34

we also will: Joshua 1:16-18; 1 Chronicles 28:10, 1 Chronicles 28:21

be of good: Isaiah 35:3-4; Hebrews 10:24, Hebrews 12:12-13

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